Gen. Fitz John Porter, commanding the 5th Army Corps, wrote to Governor Andrew, July 26, 1862: ‘No troops could have behaved better than did the 9th and 22d regiments and Martin's Battery [the 3d] and portions of Allen's [the 5th], or done more to add to our success.’2

During the retreat of McClellan the Massachusetts regiments suffered little at Peach Orchard or at Savage's Station, but at Glendale (June 30) and Malvern Hill (July 1) they were largely engaged, with losses extending through many regiments.

At the battle of Glendale, June 30, which, in the words of the Comte de Paris, ‘was remarkable for its fierceness among all that have drenched the American forests with blood,’ General Hooker attributed the salvation of the army to the constancy and courage of the 16th Mass. Infantry, under Col. Powell T. Wyman, who had come from Europe expressly to offer his services to Governor Andrew, and fell at Glendale, mortally wounded, at the head of his regiment.3 During the seven days battles the flagstaff of the 16th was broken in three places, and was brought away by Color Sergeant Jonas F. Capelle, who was subsequently promoted to be captain.
But the 1st, 19th and 20th regiments lost more men at Glendale than the 16th, Majors H. J. How4 of the 19th and C. P. Chandler of

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